Bridge in Puttur inundated due to heavy rainfall; people accuse officials of ignoring its poor state
Puttur: The Chelyadka Bridge, which connects Puttur and Panaje, has been submerged due to heavy rainfall over the past two days, causing a complete halt in traffic movement on the road.
This bridge encounters inundation during heavy rains on multiple occasions each year, and this year, it has been submerged for the first time on Thursday morning. As a result, vehicles using the route have been compelled to divert to the Mani-Mysuru National Highway, taking a longer and alternate route via Santar and Renja to reach their destinations.
The Chelyadka Bridge, constructed during the British era, is now in dire need of repairs. Local residents have persistently appealed to the authorities for the construction of an alternative bridge that would remain unaffected during the monsoon season. The community is expressing frustration, accusing the representatives and authorities of neglecting the issue despite repeated requests for a resolution.
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Court can reject anticipatory bail but cannot direct accused to surrender: SC
New Delhi (PTI): A court can reject anticipatory bail of an accused but it has no jurisdiction to direct him to surrender before the trial court, the Supreme Court has said.
A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and Ujjal Bhuyan made the observation while hearing a plea filed by a man accused of cheating and forgery.
"If the court wants to reject the anticipatory bail, it may do so, but the court has no jurisdiction to say that the petitioner should now surrender," the bench said.
The Jharkhand High Court had rejected anticipatory bail plea of the accused and asked him to surrender and seek regular bail.
In this case, a complaint had been filed before a magistrate alleging offences under Sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 420 (cheating), 467 (forgery of valuable security), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating), 471 (using forged document) and 120B read with 34 of the IPC, in connection with a land dispute.
The high court had dismissed the second anticipatory bail application of the accused on the ground that no new circumstances were shown.
It had relied on its earlier order rejecting his first anticipatory bail plea, in which the court directed the petitioner to surrender before the trial court and seek regular bail in terms of the decision in Satender Kumar Antil v. CBI.
The top court said such a direction was wholly without jurisdiction and said that if a court chooses to reject anticipatory bail, it may do so, but it cannot compel the accused to surrender.
